T-Works have announced the release of several turnbuckle and screw sets for the Destiny RX-10S touring car. The range includes a hybrid titanium and aluminium as well as full titanium turnbuckle set, 64-grade titanium UFO and standard head screw sets, a black anodised 7075-T6 aluminium screw set, as well as a mixed titanium and aluminium screw kit and also a set of gold-anodised steel screws.
RC-Cox have introduced three new screw sets for the Destiny RX-10S touring car kit. First up is a 90-piece set of 64-grade titanium and black anodised 7075 aluminium fasteners. The durable titanium screws are mainly used in the lower parts of the chassis while the black alloy fasteners are used for the upper parts of the car. Also new is a 89-piece all-aluminium black screw kit for even more weight saving compared to the mixed titanium and alloy one while the third set, containing 90 gold-plated steel screw, is for looks only as it does not give any weight savings.
View the aluminium screw set here
Xenon USA have announced the signing of multinational champion, U.S. racer Dave Johnson to drive for new Japanese company Destiny. Along with Josh Cyrul, Dave will use the company’s RX-10S touring cars for the upcoming 2016/17 season and he had this to say:
First I would like to thank Scott Jakes, Josh cyrul, and Xenon USA along with Terutaka Hanaumi as well as David Spashett for this huge opportunity! The kits go together incredibly well and can’t wait to get testing laps down with these awesome cars!
Source: Xenon [xenon-usa.com]
Veteran U.S. on-road racer, Josh Cyrul has announced newly-founded Japanese brand Destiny to be his new electric on-road chassis sponsors for this season. Josh will use the company’s RX-10S touring car alongside the forthcoming Destiny 1/12th scale pan car once it is released and he has the following to say:
Huge Thanks to Terutaka Hanaumi, David Spashett , Scott Jakes and Xenon-USA for the opportunity to jump back heavily into racing this season. I’ve already begun building and super impressed with the fit, finish and overall quality of the car!
Destiny have introduced new option parts for the RX-10S 4WD touring car. First up is a progressive shock system that utilises a common design. Alloy inserts with triangular cut-outs and solid shock pistons make for progressive shock action on damper compression as the holes the shock fluids travels through become smaller while the pistons move up during compression. The tubes come black anodised for wear while the machined pistons offer high precision for even shock action. The set includes four inserts and four pistons and it is best used on asphalt tracks where it can add drivability and traction. Also new are 4mm aluminium wheel hubs with laser-etched markings for easy identification as well as aluminium diff cams as a replacement for the standard composite parts. Both the hubs and cams come in sets of two pieces.
Destiny have introduced a set of spring steel front spool cups for the RX10S touring car. Designed to replace the standard composite parts the steel items are much stronger, they offer higher precision and make for improved power supply. With a hardened surface for wear and a second set of drive pin slots they are also very durable.
Source: Destiny [destinyracing.jp]
Coming from Destiny for their RX-10S 1/10th electric touring car kit are an aluminium main chassis plate and new hard compound plastic parts. Starting with the chassis, the part is CNC-machined from aircraft-grade 7075-T6 aluminium and it comes gun-metal anodised and laser-etched. It offers a symmetrical design for equal left-to-right flex characteristics, strategically-placed cut-outs under the battery and electronics section for optimised torsional flex and it makes for improved handling especially on high-bite carpet surfaces.
Following a couple of prototype images, Destiny have released a handful of production kit images of their all-new RX-10S 1/10th touring car kit. At the first glance the car is of a class-standard design with a double deck carbon fibre chassis, different chassis flex options and low-profile big bore shock absorbers. A bit of a difference though are the lower wishbones with honeycomb-shaped reinforcement struts, as well as the rail-type steering and hex adapter design, with the latter two reminding of the design used on a certain Russian touring car. Other features of the RX-10S kit include specially coated spring-steel driveshafts, C-hubs with caster inserts, POM damper pistons, as well as a lightweight composite front spool. It is understood that the first batch of the kit is ready for shipment, meaning the car will hit the stores shortly.
